Trolls seek to fire up people on some ruse, to get them to overreact
and make complete asses of themselves in public.
I don't know if Ed is a troll (and I'm not saying he is; it seems
progressively unlikely to me that he is).
Lemme however assume for a sec that RIck is right and that Ed is a
troll:
What Rick is doing is STILL remarkably unwise, because he's getting
EXACTLY where a troll would want him to be.
Besides, insulting (ie. wronging) a perceived or actual bad guy doesn't
improve anything or anybody.
Now assuming that Ed is not a troll:
What Rick is doing is de-test-a-ble, because Rick is Assuming Bad Faith.
No matter how strongly Rick may believe in his assessment of Ed:
Strength of conviction is no substitute for sensible reasoning and due
process.
As a Wikipedian (even as a pretty dormant one), I expressly disapprove
of this.
-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]]
www.ropersonline.com
On 28 Nov 2004, at 21:41, Rick wrote:
Go find something worthwhile to do. You are a pest.
Like a gnat or a
yappy little dog.
RickK
R E Broadley <20041111(a)stardate.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
Rebecca,
I apologise for misrepresenting your post by not including the topic
title. It was not my intention to misrepresent it, and if this was an
honest mistake by RickK, than I apologise to RickK also. It might not
be
reckless editing, but I still consider it to be editing without due
care
and attention, of which I've spotted a lot of these from him recently.
If it were driving, he'd have lost his license by now.
Ed